Chords for 1949 HITS ARCHIVE: Riders In The Sky - Vaughn Monroe (a #1 record)

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_ An old cowpoke went riding [E] out one dark and windy _ day _
_ [C#m] Upon a ridge he rested [E] as he went along his _ way
_ [C#m] When all at once a mighty herd of red-eyed cows he saw
A [A]-plowing through the ragged _ skies _
[F#m] And up a [C#m] cloudy draw _
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_ _ _ [A] The ghost herd [F#m] _ in [C#m] the sky _ _ _ _
_ Their brands were still on fire and [E] their hooves were made of steel _ _
_ [C#m] Their horns were black and shiny [E] and their hot breath he could feel _
_ _ [C#m] A bowl of fear went through him as they thundered through the sky
[A] For he saw the riders coming high
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And he heard their mournful [C#m] _ _
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Ghost riders [F#m] in _ [C#m] the _ sky _ _
_ Their faces gaunt, their eyes were [E] blurred and shirts all soaked with sweat
They're riding [G#] hard to catch [E] that herd but they ain't caught them yet
[C#m] Cause they've got to ride forever on that range up in the sky
On [A] horses snorting fire [F#m] as they ride on hear their [C#m] _
cry
_ _ _ [E] Yibby-I _ -O _ _ _
Yibby [C#m]-I-O
Ghost _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [F#m] _ riders in [G#m] the sky _ _ _ _
_ _ Riders loped on by [E] him, he heard one call his _ _ name
[C#m] If you want to save your soul [E] from hell a-riding on a range _
_ _ [C#m] Then cowboy change your ways today or with us you will ride
A [A]-trying to catch the devil's herd _ _ [F#m] across these [C#m] endless _ _ _ _ skies
[E] Yibby-I _ _ _ _ _
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-O
_ _ [A] Ghost _ [F#m] riders in [E] the sky _ _ _
_ Ghost riders _ _ _ _ _ in the sky
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